検閲

けんえつ

censor

Also:inspection

What does 検閲 mean?

検閲 is a Japanese noun meaning censor in English. It can also be translated as inspection depending on context. It is written as 検閲 in kanji, けんえつ in hiragana, and ken'etsu in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

「百八といえば煩悩の数だ」「お兄ちゃんはどんな煩悩があるの?」「言ってもいいが、検閲削除になるぞ」

"Talking about 108, that's the number of worldly passions." "What worldly passions have you got then?" "I could say, but it'll get censored out."